Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

1914 Star (2) (No. 4483 Sepoy Nadar Khan, 127/Baluchis; No. 4165 Sepoy Muhammed Khan, 1/129/Baluchis.) nearly very fine (2) £70-£90

Nadar Khan, a native of Chak Naurang, Chakwal, Jhelum, Punjab, attested for the 127th Queen Mary’s Own Baluch Light Infantry, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front. Sometime attached to the 129th Duke of Connaught’s Own Baluchis, he was killed in action/ died of wounds on 30 October 1914, on which date the Battalion was in action at Hollebeke, and suffered 4 officers ands 17 other ranks killed; 3 officers and 92 other ranks missing; and 1 officer and 62 other ranks missing. Nadar Khan is commemorated on the Neuve-Chapelle Memorial, France.

Sold with copied Battalion War Diary extract.